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1 Corinthians 10:7

“Do not become idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.”

1 Corinthians 10:7 · direct translation from the Greek
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were,

Quotation · Exodus 32:6

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Paul quotes the second half of Exodus 32:6, the feast before the golden calf.

Formula: ὥσπερ γέγραπται “as it is written” (1 Corinthians 10:7)

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Greek of the New Testament: μηδὲ εἰδωλολάτραι γίνεσθε καθώς τινες αὐτῶν ὥσπερ γέγραπται Ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς φαγεῖν καὶ πεῖν καὶ ἀνέστησαν παίζειν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ מִמָּחֳרָת וַיַּעֲלוּ עֹלֹת וַיַּגִּשׁוּ שְׁלָמִים וַיֵּשֶׁב הָעָם לֶאֱכֹל וְשָׁתוֹ וַיָּקֻמוּ לְצַחֵק

Septuagint (Exodus 32:6 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ὀρθρίσας τῇ ἐπαύριον ἀνεβίβασεν ὁλοκαυτώματα, καὶ προσήνεγκεν θυσίαν ¶ σωτηρίου· καὶ ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς Φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν, καὶ ἀνέστησαν παίζειν.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “Ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς φαγεῖν καὶ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

1 Corinthians 10:7, word by word

becomeγίνεσθεginesthe

become

To turn into something new, different from before.

Where else “ginesthe” appears
idolatersεἰδωλολάτραιeidōlolatrai

idolater

Idolater, someone who worships idols.

Where else “eidōlolatrai” appears
asὥσπερhōsper

just as

Just as, in the same way as.

Where else “hōsper” appears
it is writtenγέγραπταιgegraptai

it is written

So the Bible says; a passage is quoted.

Where else “gegraptai” appears
The peopleλαὸςlaos

people

A people, above all Israel, God's people.

Where else “laos” appears
sat downἘκάθισενEkathisen

sit down

To take a seat, often to teach, judge or reign.

Where else “Ekathisen” appears
to eatφαγεῖνphagein

eat

Eat.

Where else “phagein” appears
drinkπεῖνpein

drink

To take water, wine or another liquid by mouth.

Where else “pein” appears
they rose upἀνέστησανanestēsan

get up

To stand up, or set out somewhere.

Where else “anestēsan” appears
to playπαίζεινpaizein

play

Play, have fun, give oneself to celebration.

Where else “paizein” appears

Translation note

Exodus 32:6.

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Quotation · Exodus 32:6

Paul quotes the second half of Exodus 32:6, the feast before the golden calf.

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1 Corinthians 10:7

7Do not become idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.

Exodus 32:6

6And they rose early on the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.

The context

6Now these things became examples for us, so that we would not be people who desire evil things, just as they also desired.

7 · This verse (above)

8Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed sexual immorality, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

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